If so, Late Amis, judging from Night Train (1997) - his noir-ish novella about a murder investigation without a murderer - and Experience, seems set to be characterised by a peculiarly sombre music, a darkening of mood and tone, a tauter, more controlled artistry and by a diminished desire for cruelty and self-enthronement.
They further argued that "their capacity to be informed may also be affected by a diminished ability to appropriately process information about risk" and these vulnerable IBD patients/subjects are susceptible to "deception or inducement" from some overhyped claims for the therapeutic effects of FMT.
Aging is characterized by a diminished response to stress [ 32].
Beside muscle wasting, loss of strength can also be caused by a diminished ability to maximally activate the muscle.
The post-injury period was marked by a diminished ability to work or to conduct normal activities.
Livers from old mice with CMA blockage exhibit altered protein homeostasis, enhanced susceptibility to oxidative stress and hepatic dysfunction manifested by a diminished ability to metabolize drugs, and a worsening of the metabolic dysregulation identified in young mice.
1– 3 The clinical picture of andropause syndrome is characterized by a diminished sexual desire and erectile capability, increased fatigue, depression, skin alterations, as well as by a decrease in intellectual activity, lean body mass, body hair, and bone mineral density that results in osteoporosis.
Concerning i-FABP, the lack of diagnostic efficiency could be attributed to an insufficient amount of enterocytes undergoing perioperative necrosis, although the postoperative time-profile could also be considered partly at fault since the significant decreased levels of plasmatic i-FABP were probably caused by a diminished enterocyte turnover during the selected time period for the analysis.
The diminished ability of the 196R variant to induce NF-κB activation is paralleled by a diminished induction of NF-κB dependent target genes involved in antiapoptotic or proinflammatory functions.
Nakajima and colleagues [ 8] reported that mice given endotoxin developed a significant decrease in intestinal mucosal perfusion characterized by a diminished red blood cell velocity and flux in villi, and a significant decrease in the number of perfused villi.
Terrorist attacks by a diminished but still potent radical Muslim insurgency more often strike Chechnya's neighbors.
